Case cabling help needed.

So I have a Zalman Z11 Case, and a MSI Z77A-G45 Motherboard.
The motherboard was provided with a little block connector with labels as follows:
HD_LED+
HD_LED-
RST_SW-
RST_SW+
RSVD_DNU

Other side
PWR_SW-
PWR_SW+
FP PWR/SLP
FP PWR/SLP

Now from case I have HDD LED twin (So I'm guessing that goes on HD_LED + & -), RESET SW (So again on RST_SW + & -), POWER SW (So yet again on PWR_SW + & -)
Now left from the motherboard I have a POWER LED + and a -, do these go on the FP PWR/SLPs?
Also does it matter which colour is positive/negative? Reason I ask is the cable colours vary, with power sw being one black + one green, reset SW being black and red, and HDD LED being red and white.

And finally what goes on the RSVD_DNU?

Also it came with a 2nd small block with SPK + & -, BUZ + & -, is this needed to be used?

Edit: Also am I right to assume the first block once cables are attached, clip into JFP1 on the mobo?

Last edited by Lapetos; 2013-01-12 at 04:09 PM.

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The way you worded it is.. honestly kind of confusing. I'm not sure which parts exactly are referring to the motherboard, the little block, and the cables.
"RSVD_DNU" = Reserved - Do Not Use. Nothing plugs into that.
SPK/BUZ is for the onboard speaker, usually just for the beeps when the computer turns on.

For Power and Reset, color and +/- doesnt matter. For the LEDs, I believe + is color, - is white. As far as FP PWR/SLP, that is likely the Power LED. Plugging it in there to find out wont harm anything.

In terms of the positive and negative, motherboard wise it's clearly labelled via the manual. But with the case cables the HDD LED, RESET SW and POWER SW are twin connectors (IE like 2 singnular female pins where the plastic is moulded together so they can't be seperated). Where as the POWER LED case cables are singular ended.

The little block I was talking about basically was provided with the motherboard, I'm guessing to make it easier to connect the cables, where the cables can connect to the block connector first, then you place the block connector on the motherboard... So you don't have to directly try and fiddle directly with the motherboard and the little cables.

So I take it as the SPK/BUZ on the mobo is optional? As I don't have cables that connect to them.

Edit: I shall check in the morning to see if these triangles exist on 1 side of the twin connectors. Thanks didn't see that in my manual.

---------- Post added 2013-01-12 at 06:08 PM ----------

Originally Posted by stalkerzzzz

Manual says that the connectors coming from the case have pins that are marked with small triangles to tell you that they are positive.
I found a picture that shows how the triangle looks like.

Thank you! Although that is a triple connector mines just a twin, but really hoping does have the same markings! I shall check in the morning!

Last edited by Lapetos; 2013-01-12 at 06:07 PM.

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As has been stated switch wise the polarity doesn't matter as PC switches are momentary and not considered directional circuits as they lack diodes. LEDs on the other hand are directional, 9/10 times the black wire is negative and the colored wire is positive. Little mind bender for you power doesn't flow positive to negative, its the opposite.

Originally Posted by noteworthynerd

But hey, we're just strangers on the Internet with decades of combined IT and computer building experience, what do we know?

This is how your primary block of connectors looks like. Polarity for power switch and reset switch does not matter. Polarity for the LEDs does matter: Your cable from the case should be labeled accordingly, but if it isn't, then usually the colored wire is the + (mostly the wires are color coded: white or black for "-", and other colors for the "+")

Sometimes the connectors look like this: http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...anelheader.jpg
The left block is identical to the above. The right block is for the pc-speaker (the one that beeps at startup, if your mb does not have one already soldered on) and as some cases have a three-wide power-led connector, the one below the pc-speaker is redundant.